Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Close To My Heart Tips & Techniques: Sponging



Today we are assembling this incredibly endearing Love You Gnome Matter What card!!

To help us get things just right, we asked our Creative Arts Manager and trusty friend, Karen Pedersen, to join us!!

If you’d like to assemble your card along side Karen as you watch her in action, you will need to prepare a few things first.


Gnome Matter Stamp + Thin Cuts (Z3741) - $23.95

Using the 
Gnome Matter Stamp + Thin Cuts, stamp the gnome with the pointed hat and the toadstools with flowers on white cardstock using Archival Black ink, then die-cut the shapes.

For the hill, cut a half-circle out of 
Sage cardstock and stamp it with a few small flowers using Sage ink.



Karen talks about how to color your stamped images, and also shares some tips for using Stickles glitter glue.

(If you’d like to duplicate the card exactly, we used Silver and Christmas Red Stickles glitter glue, and 
Dull Green, Earth Brown, Light Yellow, Pale Pink, and Fair Skin TriBlend markers.)

The first thing Karen will show us in the video below, is how to recreate the beautiful sky background of this card using a simple sponging technique.

For this step, you will need a blank card base,
 Carolina and Bluebird stamp pads, a round sponge and scissors, sticky notes, and several cut-out cloud shapes.

(We made our clouds using Cricut shape #M412A0C, from our Artistry Cricut collection.)



If you’re all set (and even if you’re not and just want to watch a video for some inspiration) here’s our friend Karen recreating the Love You Gnome Matter What card:






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The items used to create this card are eligible to earn your 15% VIP Bank Credit!!

They are also eligible for purchase using VIP Bank Credit.

The amount paid for the item counts toward earning the 
Stamp of the Month for FREE!!

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